Countries
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
Hawaii
Regulated By
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Norwegian and Swedish
Chinese Language
Derived From
Old Norse Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Hvordan har du det?
你好吗？
Good Evening
God aften
晚上好
Good Afternoon
God eftermiddag
下午好
Good Morning
God morgen
早上好
I Love You
Jeg elsker dig
我爱你
Excuse Me
Undskyld mig
原谅我
Dialect 1
Scanian
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Sweden
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Jutlandic
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Denmark
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Bornholmsk
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Island of Bornholm
Hong Kong
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
dansk
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Dansk, Rigsdansk
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
danois
Not Available
German Name
Dänisch
Not Available
Pronunciation
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Danish people or Danes
Not Available
Origin
c. 1100 AD
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Rigsdansk
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Signed Danish
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
da
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
dan
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
dan
Not Available
ISO 639 3
dan
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
dani1284
cant1236
Linguasphere
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Danish and Cantonese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Danish and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Danish and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Danish are spoken in different Danish Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Danish vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Danish dialects include: Scanian, Jutlandic. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Danish and Cantonese Speaking population
Danish and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Danish and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Danish and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Danish language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Danish and Cantonese on Danish vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Danish and Cantonese Language Codes
Danish and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Danish and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.